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We hope you didn't get so distracted by SDCC that you forgot to get your SysAdmin an offering a gift for SysAdmin Day! After all, they can read your email. And prevent you from updating your Facebook or watching funny videos on YouTube. That's real ultimate power. If you forgot to snag them something, you should enter our contest and pray to Fortuna that they win. It's an amazing prize package worthy of a SysKing or SysQueen.

P.S. We <3 you, Kodermike. You will always be our SysKing. Love, all your monkeys.

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We love playing with our food, but up until recently playing with chocolate was... problematic. Then we met Magic Chocolate. A patent-protected process makes chocolate that is set, but still flexible. It's just like a modeling clay, except it's Belgian chocolate! It's a delicious and fun product that you can use to make all sorts of sculptures without any sticky mess. There's nothing like making art and then being able to shove it in your mouth.Magic Chocolate - Squish it, shape it, eat it!

5 x 5 is radio slang for a strong signal with excellent clarity. What does that have to do with playing with your balls? Well, add another dimension (5 x 5 x 5) and you get the new BuckyBalls Sidekick! 125 tiny and strong magnetic spheres, ready and waiting to be fondled and molded into all sorts of geometric shapes. BuckyBalls are the most fun desktop plaything since sliced bread, and this slimmer Sidekick version is even easier to keep with you wherever you go. We'd write more, but we've got some 'hedrons to finish building.BuckyBalls Sidekick Magnetic Building Spheres - Magnetic-tastic

We love it when the toys of our youth are reinvented. This particular toy is an innovative mash-up of the classic flying ring and a boomerang. It doesn't end there, though. The AFO has LEDs that light up the sky, just like a real UFO. It's a simple toy that delivers big on fun. To launch the AFO, snap the simple plastic disc onto the hand launcher. Pull back on the string and let go. The AFO can travel up to 100 feet in the air thanks to its flexible thin blades. It even does tricks for safe and fun indoor flying.AFO LED Flying Object - Welcome your flying overlord!

People deal with stress in different ways. We have a solution for the stress eaters of the world. Go to Wikipedia and look up infectious diseases. We can promise you that seeing pictures of pustules and boils will kill any appetite you may think you have. And yes, we're speaking from experience. *barf* These Infectious Disease Stress Balls come in a mesh-like bag. Squeeze it hard and blisters will pop out of the holes in the bag--blisters in surprising colors, much like the things that come out of a boil when you lance it. Lost interest in lunch yet?Infectious Disease Stress Balls - Perfect solution for stress eaters

We're gonna rock it all week long! Be the hero on the bus or subway when you crank out classic tunes from an electric guitar plastered to your messenger bag. Turn on the mini amp, crank the volume to 11, and start to rock. The Electronic Guitar Bag is incredibly easy to play because each button on the neck is a major chord. You can play dozens of classic rock songs with very little skill. Heck, you might even get enough donations that you'll be able to quit your day job.Electronic Guitar Bag - Work life is a highway

This may look like a standard t-shirt, but it's actually the Iron Man Mark IX suit. This latest version is much lighter than all previous versions, featuring a flexible interior with knitted cotton exterior. The Iron Man Arc Reactor Shirt has three components: the t-shirt, a light panel with a long cable, and a battery box. When fresh batteries are in the battery box and the unit is switched on, the Arc Reactor shines brightly. This particular arc reactor isn't going to keep shrapnel from working its way into your heart or power your repulsor beams. What do you expect for under $30? A shirt that glows? That, we can provide.Light up LED Iron Man Shirt - Officially licensed by Marvel

Right now you are asking yourself, 'Why titanium?' Apart from the fact that it's freakin' awesome, there are scientific reasons, too. Titanium has the strongest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal, making it a super strong straw and very light weight. Titanium is odorless and tasteless, which means it won't add any taste to your liquid of choice. Titanium also has a low thermal conductivity, meaning it's not gonna freeze to your lips if you're drinking something cold. And the final reason why we had the Titanium Straw made: because it's freakin' awesome! And, so are you. Awwww.Titanium Straw - One straw to rule them all

Oh, no! Did we just quote Phantom Menace? We totally didn't mean to, especially since this wallet depicts the very FIRST Star Wars movie as it was shown to first-time theater goers in its iconic movie poster. Luke, Leia, Han, Obi-Wan (before he did that movie Trainspotting), Chewie, Artoo, and Threepio. All appear on a beautiful leather wallet with enough room for a stack of bills, half a dozen cards, and movie ticket ticket stubs for the next re-re-re-release of the reimagining of the 3D version of the collector's edition of the original trilogy. See you opening night!Star Wars Poster Wallet - *waves hand* Republic credits will be fine

Be the overlord (overlady?) of your own pixelated world with the 8-Bit Pixel Cube Construction Set. The set of 64 silicone rubber cubes is divided into 8 bright and art-worthy colors: red, magenta, yellow, green, sky blue, navy blue, black, and white. Each pixel has a magnet inside allowing you to connect pixel to pixel or pixel to fridge (or other magnet-friendly surface). Get creating, you 8-bit artiste, you!8-Bit Pixel Cube Construction Set - The building blocks of gamer culture

How's about doing it out of this fine pint glass? Cave Johnson drinks out of one. So does Caroline. Don't you want to be like Caroline? All-American girl, married to science. Can't get better than that. So raise your Aperture Pint Glass and let's have a toast--TO SCIENCE!Portal 2 Aperture Pint Glass - Wash down that asbestos with beer!

M.C. Escher was the original Inception-style architect. He created these amazing images that you could get lost in for hours. In this puzzle game, five of Escher's iconic images are scrambled into a mirror-based puzzle by Ivan Moscovich, who was lucky enough to meet Escher in 1964. The plastic base has bits of Escher drawings around the inside edges, and each of the nine cubes has parts of Escher drawings on the sides and a mirror in the middle. Arrange the cubes in the base to form one of Escher's famous drawings. It's devious and difficult and oh-so-much fun! The perfect gift for puzzle fiends, art school students, and art teachers.Mirrorkal Escher Puzzle - Ever lost yourself in an Escher drawing?

The funny thing about smartphones is that we most often use them for their smart capabilities rather than the phone capabilities. And if we were to run a program and make a pie chart of the ways you use your iPhone 4, we're going to bet that a large slice of that pie involves the various Angry Birds games. What would happen if you were to damage your precious Angry Birds playing device? THE HORROR! Don't let that happen! Protect your Angry Birds device with one of these officially licensed Angry Birds iPhone 4 cases. They're made of hard plastic for maximum impact protection and are available in three different designs featuring the birds you love.Angry Birds iPhone Cases - Protect your Angry Birds device

Yep, you heard us, "season" it up. While we'd like to say: "Spice: The final frontier" the truth is that salt is a mineral, not a spice. (Sometimes having to be accurate means fewer funny bits. Sad, but true.) This set of salt & pepper shakers is a must for the fan of The Original Series. Featuring the Enterprise NCC-1701 and the Shuttle, these shakers are made of glazed ceramic and have a magnet insert that keeps them happily docked together when not in use.Star Trek Salt & Pepper Shakers - Season it up, son!

These days there are just as many gadgets powered by USB as there are powered by alternating current. Instead of the usual three-pronged bulky power adapter you jam into the wall for power, many of your gadgets now use that skinny plug that normally requires a computer or a bulky and annoying wall adapter--but not any more! Replace your wall plugs with this new electrical box that includes 2 high-powered USB ports, with more than enough juice to charge an iPad. Why not replace all of your outlets with one of these? The power is yours to command! Muahahaha!U-Socket Wall Outlets - Power comes in many forms

Fine single-malt Scotch whiskey can be drunk neat, with water, or chilled on the rocks, but what about serving it inside the rocks? Before you dismiss us as being crazy beyond redemption, check this out! We took solid pieces of soapstone, mined right out of the hills of the northeast US, and carved elegant shotglasses. Store them in the freezer, and enjoy an icy cold scotch without worrying about it getting watered down by melting ice cubes. Savor the full smoke vanilla and caramel flavor of a fine scotch in a brand-new way. SlDinte! Please enjoy responsibly!Whiskey Stone Shot Glasses - Chills your Scotch without watering it down

It's time to take throwing paper to the next level. Anyone can fold a paper airplane and make it fly somewhat - but why stop there? With this kit, you add a motorized propeller to the rear of your paper airplane, and you add it for more power and justice! Best of all, the kit recharges through a separate battery pack (which means the propeller adds minimal weight to the plane), and recharges in as little as 20 seconds! This kit ramps up your paper airplane game and lets you have dominance over the skies (in your home or office).Electric Paper Airplane Conversion Kit - Gives paper a propeller boost

Are you a musician (or just someone who loves making noise)? Like crazy noisemakers? Want to drive your parents/spouse/kids/dog/cat crazy? Like any product that involves a Big Red Button? You'll love the Beep-it Optical Theremin. It's a small rectangular instrument with a light sensor on the front. Use your hand or any light source to change the amount of light hitting the sensor to adjust the pitch of the tone. You can even add echo effects. Get ready to sample some really nifty sounds!Beep-it Optical Theremin - Simple, powerful, and FUN musical instrument

Replicating the stone pickaxe from Minecraft (data value 274 to be precise), the Minecraft Foam Pickaxe is an officially licensed Minecraft product. Okay, so a foam pickaxe is probably not going to bash through solid rock or even soggy drywall for that matter, but with this baby in your hand you'll feel like you can. And after all, isn't it more important to have the confidence that you could smash things when you're trapped in a room with crazy people? And of course, this is an officially licensed Minecraft product, which means you're making Notch happy, too.Minecraft Foam Pickaxe - Escape boring meetings by tunneling to freedom

It doesn't matter what time it is, where you are, or what you're doing online. Somewhere a sysadmin is working behind the scenes to keep you plugged in. That's why we celebrate Sysadmin Day every July 29. Thursday, July 28th is the last day to nominate your favorite Sysadmin to be SysQueen or SysKing. Our Queen & King will each win a package of amazing ThinkGeek goodies, and you could win a $500 gift certificate. All entries must be received by Thursday, 7/28/11 at 11:59 pm ET. Last chance to enter to win the 2011 Sysadmin Pageant!